Exercising apparatus.



E. R. BATHRICK.

EXERCISING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9. 1914.

Patented June 8,1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS Co, PHOTO-LITHO, WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITE strAtrEs PATENT err-Ion.

' ELLSWORTH n. BATHRICK, on AKRON, OHIO.

EXERCISING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

Application filed July 9, 1914. 7 Serial No. 849,950.

The invention more particularlyrelates to horizontal bars adapted forexercising purposes which are supported by and serve as a permanentconnection for the headand foot of a bedstead. I.

, A further object of the invention is to provide novel means forbracing the head and foot of a bed to the side rails thereof,

. after in connection with the drawing which said bracing means alsoserving to support and rigidly brace the exercising bars above referredto. y One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanyingdrawing and its construction will be fully, described hereinforms a partof this specification,-and in which:' a Figure 1 is a view inperspective of a bed constructed in accordance with my invention andembodying a pair of horizontal bars, and other exercising devices. Fig.2is a detail sectional view of the horizontal-bar supporting means. Fig.3is a horizontal section on an enlarged scale of the Wrist-exercisingdevice shown in Fig. 1, and, Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section of thebracing means employed.

The reference numerals 1 and 2 designate the parallel side rails of thebed constructed of metal and connected in the usual manner to the head 3and foot 4 of the bed. The head 3 comprises a transverse bar 5 and twooppositely-curved side supports 6 connected to the transverse bar 5 byparallel vertical bars 7 formed at their upper ends with sleeves 8through which the curvedside supports 6 extend and at their lower endswith horizontal sleeves 9 through which the transverse bar 5extends. Itwill thus be seen that the inner member of each of the pairs of verticalbars 7 of the head of the bed are separated, permitting access to thebed between said bars.

The curved side supportso are connected at points opposite the ends ofthe side rails 2 by a truss rod 10 provided with sleeves 11 to receivethe side supports 6 and the sleeves 12 having upwardly projectingsockets 13 to receive the lower ends of inclined braces 14, the upperends of which are secured in sockets 15 depending from sleeves 16.

Between each pair of vertical bars 7 is supported a wrist exerciser ofthe construction shown inFig. 3 and comprising a hollow spool 17 throughwhich extends a bolt 18, the ends of which are secured to the bar 7 asshown in Fig. 3.. Within the hollow spool is disposed a spiral spring19, one end of which is secured to the spool and the other to one of thevertical bars 7, thus adapting the spool to be turned for wristexercising. The foot of the bed comprises a horizontal bar 20 and twooppositely-curved side supports 21 and, 22, the latter being connectedby a truss 23. The truss 23 is secured to the upper ends of the curvedside supports 21 and 22 by inclined braces 24 and vertical braces 24,the upper ends of which are secured in sockets 25 and 25 depending fromsleeves 26, said sleeves 26 being also formed with integral sockets 27for thereception of the upper ends of the side supports of the foot ofthe bed.

The sleeves l6 and 26 are horizontally alined for the reception of apairof horizontal bars 28, and it will be noted that by thisconstructionythe horizontal bars are supported at the upper ends of thevertical supports of both the head and foot of the bed, said verticalsupports being separated as shown to permit free access to the bed fromeither end thereof to permit free access to the horizontal bars. Thenumeral 29 designates hand grasps depending from rings 30 which arefreely slidable along the bars 28 and afford a means for arm exercise.

The side rails 1 and 2 are preferably braced to the ends of the bed byinclined braces 31 bolted or otherwise secured to the ends of the bedand to said side rails.

An important feature of the present invention is the manner ofconnecting and bracing the side rails to the ends of the bed by thetruss braces shown, which afford a very rigid structure and firmlysupport the head and foot members of the bed to the side rails and alsoprovide a substantial support for the vertical braces which support thehorizontal exercising bars. Afeature' of importance also is the meansfor securing the vertical supports of the two ends of the bed to thehorizontal exercising bars '28,

such means comprising the sleeves '16 -a-nd-26,

each formed with a depending lug 26 and acouplingdevice compr sing aplurality or v sockets to receive theend's of the side sup- 7 ports andthe upper ends of the vertical supports of the ends of the bed and alsoformed wi ha socket 26 on its upper side to receive the depending lugs26 of the sleeves 26 and 16. I

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a means for bracing the curved sidemembers-21 and 22 of the foot of the bed to the vertical "supports 2 Lcomprising tubular braces '32 secured by bolts 33 extending through the*adjacent parts of the structurea-nd into the 7 ends of said tubularbraces. The specific relative arrangement and construction of thesebraces is not essential to the invention and'may be varied indefinitely.1 e

The depending lugs 26* of the "sleeves 26 aresecured Within sockets 26by cotter pins 84:"and'by merely removing the pins 34, the horizontalbar's-28 may be disconnected-and removed'from the bed whendesired.

i It will be noted that the-construction as above described permitsaccess to the horizontal "bars from either end-of the bed and the saidbars are '-firml-y"supported and con-' stitute a part of the bedstructure, serving as they do to connect the head'a'nd footmemberstogether permanently.

"While I have" herein shown and described the preferred embodimentof-th'e invention, I do not wish to confine myself thereto as variousrorms, modifications "and arrangement of the parts as-shown may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionasclaimed.

\Vhat I claim'as new is "1. The combination with the head and footmembers of a bedstructure, a pair of horizontalbars connecting saidmembers, 'horiz'ontally-disposed'truss braces connecting the sides ofsaid members andvertical supports between said truss braces and bars. 2.The combination with the head and foot members of a bed structure, eachcomprising separated side supports to permit access to the bodyfromeither end thereof, of a pair of horizontal exercisingbars supportedupon said side supports and connecting'saidhead 'a'nd' 'foot members; iV

3. The comb'nation. with "the head and foot members of a bed structureofa pair of horizontal exercising bars 'supported and means for supportupon said members, 7 mg sa1d bars comprlsing horizontally-alined sleevesprovided with dependinglugs, and

sockets secured to said members adapted to receive said lugs.

4. The combination with the' head; and foot members of a bed;structure,each comprising separated side supports toiperm'it access tothe [bed from) eitherp en'd"thereof,

of apair of: horizontal exercising bars supported upon said sidesupports and connect- 7 ing said head and foot members, truss rodsconnecting sa1ds1desuppor'ts, vertical supports for said "head and 'footmembers, and 1 means for connecting "and supporting said horizontal bars,andsaid side-supports, each GOIIIPIlSlHgfl coupling d6V1CG COI1S1St1Ilgof a plurality of integral. sockets, to receive {the V 7 ends .of saidsidesupports 'andvertical "supports, an upper socket, and g'sleevemembers I each having a depending 1 lug within said upper socket. e Int'estim' 'ny whereof I affix signature in presence of two witnesses. V j

ELLSWVORTH' R. BATHRIGK. "Witnesses: 5

i v T. K; BRYANT,

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